[ILUG] extremely slow pop3, but imap is fine

[Kae Verens]

FRLinux wrote:
 > On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Kae Verens <kae at verens.com> wrote:
 >> hi guys,
 >>  extremely slow POP3 in Dovecot. IMAP is as quick as it usually is.
 >> happens in both Outlook and Thunderbird.
 >> any ideas?
 >
 > Hello,
 >
 > Well, version of dovecot, distribution, kernel? etc... you know the drill.
 >
 > Cheers,
 > Steph

kernel-2.6.18-92.el5
dovecot-1.0.7-2.el5

Centos 5.2
dovecot is running in a virtual server (OpenVZ).

all was running perfectly for months until today.

kae